Depression Poems
#depression
Depression takes a person beyond feelings of sadness, to a very dark and lonely place. Poetry about depression offers the reader a glimpse into this darkness and isolation. Depression is a serious mental disorder. A creative outlet, like writing poetry, can offer relief to some sufferers.
brokentitanium
Poem Published
Today 3:33am
Today 3:33am
Pity Party
That needy thing that happens
when it feels like my legs won't hold me,
when self-doubt clouds all reason
and propriety takes a holiday;
Before the filter clicks in place
the invitation is sent
....impulsive...
Repulsive in its naked selfishness,
making me blush in a way that isn't cute
as I covet your acceptance
while anticipating rejection.
This tendency disgusts me
like a snivelling servant
or a whipped dog;
It must be uncomfortable to witness.
And yet, there...
when it feels like my legs won't hold me,
when self-doubt clouds all reason
and propriety takes a holiday;
Before the filter clicks in place
the invitation is sent
....impulsive...
Repulsive in its naked selfishness,
making me blush in a way that isn't cute
as I covet your acceptance
while anticipating rejection.
This tendency disgusts me
like a snivelling servant
or a whipped dog;
It must be uncomfortable to witness.
And yet, there...
#depression
#friendship
#shame #SelfWorth
#shame #SelfWorth
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2 Comments
RByron418
Poem Published
Today 2:13am
Today 2:13am
domain
retired - your idle words
now, lift the torrent from the raw chasms
of your wounds, pull up the stakes
and depart the borders that could never live agreed -
float your weather elsewhere
above some ground that is desert
enough for wanting -
this is not for masking, not for promises
for the sake of promises, not for wandering weakly,
nor spinning designs from the distressed threads
of your last regression,
fraudulent expressions in patterns of
sociopathic perfection -
- here is not your domain.
now, lift the torrent from the raw chasms
of your wounds, pull up the stakes
and depart the borders that could never live agreed -
float your weather elsewhere
above some ground that is desert
enough for wanting -
this is not for masking, not for promises
for the sake of promises, not for wandering weakly,
nor spinning designs from the distressed threads
of your last regression,
fraudulent expressions in patterns of
sociopathic perfection -
- here is not your domain.
#anxiety
#depression
#LifeStruggles #hypocrisy
#LifeStruggles #hypocrisy
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1 Comment
gazellemon
Bradley J
Bradley J
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:22pm
Yesterday 10:22pm
All That is Mine (instrumental by Mors)
Chaotic mind it all caves into time
I came with the rhymes to contain what is mine
Came with the rhymes and lay em with the flame
Run em all off, fuck I put it on my name
Energy summoning coming out the floor
Come again hunting like a dozen men or more
Like the lore of my land like I look in my hands
Like I took the advance while the devil did his dance
-
Madness maybe major, yeah
Layin' with my flavor and
Do it again to prove that I am
Lose it again like I'm foolish and then
Get so low but...
I came with the rhymes to contain what is mine
Came with the rhymes and lay em with the flame
Run em all off, fuck I put it on my name
Energy summoning coming out the floor
Come again hunting like a dozen men or more
Like the lore of my land like I look in my hands
Like I took the advance while the devil did his dance
-
Madness maybe major, yeah
Layin' with my flavor and
Do it again to prove that I am
Lose it again like I'm foolish and then
Get so low but...
#depression
#identity
#MentalHealth
#SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery
26 reads
2 Comments
Rachel_Lauren
Poem Published
20th Nov 2019 4:59pm
20th Nov 2019 4:59pm
Wasteland Blues
the sun blares its searing rays down. all it does is fade more of this wasteland.
the children’s plastic yellow slide is now the pale color of my fingernails;
the attorney’s billboard in my backyard is peeling like my teeth.
its white heat cooks acid in the rotting dumpsters. the stench is enough to put you to sleep.
beside the attorney, the power lines have been swinging around like exotic jungle vines longer than I can remember. the weeks have run together.
just glad they stopped sparking. live electrical sounds so...
the children’s plastic yellow slide is now the pale color of my fingernails;
the attorney’s billboard in my backyard is peeling like my teeth.
its white heat cooks acid in the rotting dumpsters. the stench is enough to put you to sleep.
beside the attorney, the power lines have been swinging around like exotic jungle vines longer than I can remember. the weeks have run together.
just glad they stopped sparking. live electrical sounds so...
#depression
56 reads
11 Comments
Shaimaa
Poem Published
20th Nov 2019 1:08am
20th Nov 2019 1:08am
Distant
Distant
Distant from others
Distant from myself
Alienated
Like I’m no longer me
I’m just in this body
This body that’s not mine
Walking, eating, working, sleeping
The same cycle over and over
I’m at a standstill... you know?
I’m not currently living
Just... surviving
Distant from others
Distant from myself
Alienated
Like I’m no longer me
I’m just in this body
This body that’s not mine
Walking, eating, working, sleeping
The same cycle over and over
I’m at a standstill... you know?
I’m not currently living
Just... surviving
#sadness
#anxiety
#depression
#loneliness
#FeelingLost
47 reads
4 Comments
MsMidnightXXX
Poem Published
20th Nov 2019 00:54am
20th Nov 2019 00:54am
Hour Glass
Brick by brick
I feel something shift inside of me, inside of me
Said I quit, I'll give up on this
With every piece, you getting into me
Didn't see it coming I was caught off guard
Now I'm running right into your arms,
I felt warm & hearted when i was with you,
I thought it was so good to be true,
I kept wrapping my arms around you trying to get through,
But you didn't want to instead all i have is your scars,
Now when i look back then i should have stopped myself,
You stopped me from giving up,
You made me to...
I feel something shift inside of me, inside of me
Said I quit, I'll give up on this
With every piece, you getting into me
Didn't see it coming I was caught off guard
Now I'm running right into your arms,
I felt warm & hearted when i was with you,
I thought it was so good to be true,
I kept wrapping my arms around you trying to get through,
But you didn't want to instead all i have is your scars,
Now when i look back then i should have stopped myself,
You stopped me from giving up,
You made me to...
#depression
#loneliness
#hurt
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cloventongue89
Poem Published
19th Nov 2019 11:57pm
19th Nov 2019 11:57pm
STAY ALIVE (you can't save your soul...)
written for my brother Michael J Phillips
Trying to piece the heart back together
All the right words that come out wrong
Somewhere between hope and brokenness
Speaking of love when it just feels like a song
Bring us back from mere words and into reality
When circumstances are lies
Chains are an illusion when you don't know that you're free
We're still learning to open our eyes
The story tells of our darkest hour
When it all adds up as if to say
We're starved for the light and looking for power
When the sun doesn't...
Trying to piece the heart back together
All the right words that come out wrong
Somewhere between hope and brokenness
Speaking of love when it just feels like a song
Bring us back from mere words and into reality
When circumstances are lies
Chains are an illusion when you don't know that you're free
We're still learning to open our eyes
The story tells of our darkest hour
When it all adds up as if to say
We're starved for the light and looking for power
When the sun doesn't...
#depression
#suicide
#drugs
#heroin
#addiction
33 reads
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StruggleFreePotery
Poem Published
19th Nov 2019 10:19pm
19th Nov 2019 10:19pm
"On my way"
#depression
#dark
#relationships #drugs
#relationships #drugs
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broken_lost09
Poem Published
19th Nov 2019 8:16pm
19th Nov 2019 8:16pm
Paper Faces
My best-friend today told me that I'm an asshole
He was one of the few people I still trust
I have even fallen in love with his mystery it blinds the hurt
Why I still trust him to this very minute, I don't know why
Someone who I started to call my family, she's been talking about me
Things I never thought I would hear her say things
That I let people walk over me and that I'm pathetic
Why I still consider her family, I don't know why
My stepmom is mentally abusive and likes to beat me up about things
I didn't tell her good-morning and...
He was one of the few people I still trust
I have even fallen in love with his mystery it blinds the hurt
Why I still trust him to this very minute, I don't know why
Someone who I started to call my family, she's been talking about me
Things I never thought I would hear her say things
That I let people walk over me and that I'm pathetic
Why I still consider her family, I don't know why
My stepmom is mentally abusive and likes to beat me up about things
I didn't tell her good-morning and...
#anger
#depression
#heartbroken #emptiness
#heartbroken #emptiness
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Eudemonia
Poem Published
19th Nov 2019 8:10pm
19th Nov 2019 8:10pm
Audacity
I wished
To erase
The persistence and pain
Of memory
But vacant
Were the chambers
Of my pistol
And bed
Though wine
I wished to flow
From my chalice
And head
I succumbed
To the paralyzing
Venom of being
Instead
The ocean
And moon
For me lost
Their gleaming
As the mad
Spinning
Of this world
Drained of meaning
And the reasons
To keep on
Softly evaporated
Into haze
Am I, Myself
Reason enough
Or is it...
To erase
The persistence and pain
Of memory
But vacant
Were the chambers
Of my pistol
And bed
Though wine
I wished to flow
From my chalice
And head
I succumbed
To the paralyzing
Venom of being
Instead
The ocean
And moon
For me lost
Their gleaming
As the mad
Spinning
Of this world
Drained of meaning
And the reasons
To keep on
Softly evaporated
Into haze
Am I, Myself
Reason enough
Or is it...
#sadness
#depression
#loneliness #suicide
#loneliness #suicide
31 reads
3 Comments
Dark_Omin
Poem Published
19th Nov 2019 4:42pm
19th Nov 2019 4:42pm
Untitled
Take a deep breath
close those beautiful eyes.
Don't let them see,
see the truth...
The pain and anger
that shining desire.
Slip the mask on,
remember to smile.
Laughter hides it all.
Beautiful inside and out,
That's what I am told.
The scars slowly fade,
Yet the desire grows.
close those beautiful eyes.
Don't let them see,
see the truth...
The pain and anger
that shining desire.
Slip the mask on,
remember to smile.
Laughter hides it all.
Beautiful inside and out,
That's what I am told.
The scars slowly fade,
Yet the desire grows.
#anxiety
#depression
#addiction
31 reads
1 Comment
Queen_of_darkness
Poem Published
19th Nov 2019 3:15pm
19th Nov 2019 3:15pm
the violence in my silence
#depression
#SelfHarm
#suicide
#MentalHealth
#hurt
72 reads
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